We were better when he went off. A young player like him should never be thrown into a back three with monreal and kolasinac. Glad we got the three points but seriously not good enough. At least 2 more players needed.

Just got home and I'm more hoarse than I've been for probably decades. A very exciting game for the neutral but it looks like the refusal to coach defending is still there. Why are there never defenders on the posts for corners? It really is basic as is passing to your own players, not the opponents. Happy for three points but having to score four goals to win will make life very difficult.

Holding is a good player, can we please give him a chance, part of Arsenals problems recently has been fans giving a lot of shit to young players to need pitch time to develop their talents. Holding is a tank when he has the right support ahead of him as we saw in the community shield. A good 3-4-3 needs a solid midfield who come back to give defenders a good passing option

ArsenalMill wrote:Holding is a good player, can we please give him a chance, part of Arsenals problems recently has been fans giving a lot of shit to young players to need pitch time to develop their talents. Holding is a tank when he has the right support ahead of him as we saw in the community shield. A good 3-4-3 needs a solid midfield who come back to give defenders a good passing option

Great game to watch for the neutrals but murder for the fans. Our defending was shambolic and Holding was awful but he is young and will learn. I like` The Tank` he will turn out to be a good acquisition. What a great impact player Giroud is and he says he wants to stay which is good news.

He needs players to show for the ball , the middle players last night were so far away from him and Ox and Bellerin were caught upfield too often . 1 nil up up in the first minute and we went into kamikaze mode.

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Got away with it last night with that defence.Agree with Potter about holding getting no support .When the three at the back formation is done with decipline it works great creating a five at the back when needed.Thought Czech looked poor and lacks being a commanding figure with crosses and the team as captain.

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